In a previous post the subject of church discipline was considered and 6 introductory observations were given. In this post, step 1 of seeking forgiveness will be considered: The private individual rebuke. You can find the first post in the series here. Matthew 18:15...
The Bible teaches us that holiness is one of the major marks of a true church. The church’s holiness is based off the great command found in Leviticus 19:2, “You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” And the church’s holiness is the...
After Reading Aquinas! “Everyone” knows that recently there has been quite a furor created by the claims of J. V. Fesko (Reforming Apologetics—Retrieving the Classical Reformed Approach to Defending the Faith), Keith Mathison (Christianity and Van...
Calvin and Aquinas Contrasted Yet More! Fourth, there is a very different view of the usefulness of philosophy espoused by Thomas in contrast to Calvin. Thomas cites with admiration “the philosopher,” Aristotle, throughout his works and certainly in his...
More Contrasts between Calvin and Aquinas! Second, Calvin emphasizes explicitly and repeatedly the effect of the fall on man’s knowledge of God. Though men have a naturally implanted knowledge of God given to them by and in creation, this knowledge never...
Calvin and Aquinas Contrasted Richard Muller is well-known for books like Unaccommodated Calvin. I had to read that book back in the days when I was studying for my PhD. Muller’s point (or at least one of his main points) was that the contrast between...
They Just Keep Missing the Point In my view those currently attacking Van Til and presuppositionalism are engaged in a gigantic enterprise of missing the point. They keep interpreting Romans 1:18-23 wrongly, over and over and again and again! To put it differently,...
Aquinas’ Inadequate Views of Noetic Depravity Van Til and presuppositionalism object to Aquinas’s approach to natural theology and apologetics. One major reason given for this is that Thomism exhibits an over-confidence in fallen human reason. Does Thomas over-rate...
Why are we privileging Aquinas over Augustine? One of the first things that became very clear to me as I read Aquinas was that with respect to the whole issue of apologetics and the proofs for the existence of God, he does not agree with Augustine, Anselm, and many...
After Reading Aquinas! “Everyone” knows that recently there has been quite a furor created by the claims of J. V. Fesko (Reforming Apologetics—Retrieving the Classical Reformed Approach to Defending the Faith), Keith Mathison (Christianity and Van...
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